必修四M2课文填空

1、Module 2 Traffic JamGetting Around in BeijingTaxisTaxis are on the streets 24 hours a day. Simply _ (raise) your hand, and a taxi appears _ _ _ _ (很快). They are usually red, and they display the price per kilometer on the window. You should check the cab has a _ _ （营业执照）, and make sure you ask for a

2、 receipt（翻译_）.Buses and trolleybusesPublic transport _ （提供） a cheap way to _ _ (四处走动) in Beijing. There are 20,000 buses and trolleybuses in Beijing, but they can get very _ (crowd). _ _ _ _ (干是个好主意) avoid public transport during _ _ _ (高峰期) (6:30 am 8:00 am and 5:00 pm 6:30 pm). Fares are cheap, _

3、(start) at 1 yuan. _ (Air-conditione) buses cost more.Buses numbered 1 to 100 are limited to travel within the city centre. Higher numbers have destinations（翻译 ） in the suburbs（翻译 ）. Tourists shouldnt miss the 103 bus which offers one of the most impressive（翻译 ） routes, _ (经过) the Forbidden City and

4、 the White Pagoda in Beihai Park. If you get on a double-decker bus, make sure you sit upstairs. Youll have a good _ (风景)of the _ (rapid)_ ( change) city.Most buses run from about 5:00 am to midnight. However, there is also a night bus service, _ (provide) by buses with a number in the 200s.Minibuse

5、sMinibuses with seats for 12 passengers _ _ _ _ (提供替代)expensive taxis and crowded public transport in some areas. They run regular services and follow the same routes _ large public buses. And in a minibus you always get a seat even in rush hours.UndergroundThere are four underground lines in Beijin

6、g, and several lines are _ _ （正在修建）. Trains are fast and _ (方便), but rush hours can be terrible. A one-way trip costs 3 yuan. Station names _ _ _ (被标有) pinyin. The underground is open from 5:00 am to 11:00 pm.PedicabsTourists like these human-pedalled “tricycle taxis”, but they can be expensive. You

7、 should talk to the driver, and make sure you know the price before you begin the journey, for example, if it is per person, single or return. Tricycles are worth _ (use) if you want to explore（翻译 ） the narrow alleys (hutong) of old Beijing.The London Congestion ChargeBeijing isnt the only city with

8、 traffic problems. You can _ _ _ （被困于） a traffic jam anywhere in the world. The worst problems_ (发生) in cities which are growing fast, such as Sao Paolo in Brazil and Lagos in Nigeria. But even cities in developed countries such as the US suffer. Los Angeles, which was built with the motor car in mi

9、nd, and _ _ _ （因而著名）its six-lane highways, is now the USAs most congested city. In Europe most capital cities were planned and built before cars, and city centre traffic jams have been part of _ _ (日常生活) for a long time. The_ (情况)in central London, where drivers _ (花费) fifty percent of their time in

10、 queues（翻译 ）, became _ bad _ (如此以至于) the local government decided to do something about it. In February 2003 the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, introduced a “congestion charge” a tax for cars _ (enter) the centre of the city. The idea is simple: every car _ (come) into the centre has to pay $5 a

11、day. Drivers can pay the charge（翻译 ） at any of 10,000 pay points in the capital before 10 pm. As the cars come into the centre, video cameras record their registration numbers, and these are checked with a list of drivers who have paid the charge for that day. People who do not pay the charge will _

12、（面临）a _ (罚款) of $80. Most Londoners are not happy with the idea. They agree that London has a traffic problem, but the congestion charge is expensive, and limits their freedom But does the congestion charge _ （起作用）? A survey _ _ (实施) at the end of 2003 _（表明）it does. After only six months, traffic co

13、ming into central London was_ _ （减少了） about 30 percent. More people used public transport to get to work, and bicycles were suddenly very popular. _ _ (此外), central London shops did not lose business _ _（即使） there were fewer cars. But there are a few people who think the charge should be much higher, for example rich busi